Commissioners Information Bulletin 415
Surveying - Traineeship
Date of effect: 10 July 2009
The traineeship vocation of Surveying has been established.
Click here for the Surveying Vocational Training Order.
Qualifications, structure and packaging
CPP07 Property Services Training Package includes 27 qualifications ranging from Certificate I to Advanced Diploma. The qualifications cover the four sectors of:
- spatial information services
- property development, sales and management
- security
- access consulting.
There are two qualifications in the spatial information services group which support surveying traineeship pathways. Their details are below:
Job descriptions
Go to Job Descriptions for details of the jobs supported by each surveying traineeship qualification.
Industrial arrangements
Applications to establish traineeships will not be approved unless the Commissioner for Vocational Training is satisfied that appropriate industrial arrangements are in place.
Surveying trainees can be employed under the following awards:
- Surveyors Field Hands (NSW) State Award or the notional agreement preserving a state award - NAPSA
- Draughting Employees, Planners, Technical Employees &c, (State) Award.
The industrial arrangements provide for part-time training.
Registered training organisations
For registered training providers which can deliver the traineeship qualifications go to National Training Information Service.
For organisations which are in contract with the NSW Department of Education and Training to be paid for the delivery of traineeship training go to each of the qualifications below:
Payment for the delivery of training for the CPP50207 Diploma of Surveying traineeship will be considered on a case by case basis. Submissions must be made to the NSW Department of Education and Training by the Construction Industry Training Advisory Body on behalf of the surveying industry. For further information, telephone the Business Services Unit, State Training Services on (02) 9266 8008.
Learning resources and assessment materials
Support materials that are required to deliver the qualifications are being developed by a national registered training network that is supported by the Construction and Property Services Industry Skills Council.
Inspecting Vocational Training Order
A copy of the Vocational Training Order is available for inspection on this internet site below or at any State Training Services Regional Office of the NSW Department of Education and Training.
Enquiries
For any enquiries regarding this Commissioners Information Bulletin, please contact the Vocational Training Tribunal Unit on telephone (02) 9266 8579.
Approved by Phillip Moore
Commissioner for Vocational Training
Job descriptions
Surveying is about the measurement, management, analysis and display of spatial information to describe the earth, its physical features and the built environment.
Graduates could work in land management, civil and structural engineering, asset management for local government or mining companies or helping police at crime scenes.
Certificate IV trainees will learn to:
- operate surveying equipment
- collect and set out survey data
- maintain and edit survey data
- survey computations
- validate, store and retrieve spatial data
- manage database systems
- plan and conduct survey expeditions.
Diploma trainees will learn land and planning law and how to:
- create engineering drawings
- design subdivision and control surveys
- calculate advanced survey computations
- design road and railways
- plan spatial data collection and validation
- produce maps for land management purposes
- undertake survey field expeditions.
Surveying - Traineeship
Vocational Training Order
| Date of effect | 10 July 2009 |
| Courses of study |
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| Terms of training | Full time:
Part-time: See nominal terms and hours for part-time traineeships |
| Probationary periods | Where the nominal term is:
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| Competency outcomes | See CPP07 Property Services Training Package |